Mining

from a devastating method of coal collection called strip mining. Humans leave numerous amounts of destruction in their wake, whether it be on a small or large scale. This amount of coal excavation is an immense detriment to Appalachia, and is a horrid evil which needs to be addressed right now. While some say strip mining in the Appalachian mountains is a profitable and safe way to fuel America, the long term negative effects of strip mining far outweigh any perceived benefits. The vast and…

Addressing the negative externalities of mining: policy recommendations. In the words of Joseph Stiglitz, “corporations are in the business of making money, not providing charity.” Since corporations are in business to maximize profit, they hold themselves accountable to their stockholders rather than to the stakeholders where such businesses are located. The desire to minimize cost while maximizing profit weakens the implementation of the Corporate Social Responsibility. The Corporate Social…

Hundreds of thousands of people migrated to California pursuing gold. The first man to find Californian gold was James Marshall, a carpenter building a sawmill for John Sutter on the American River. Both men agreed to keep the treasure a secret to protect their land, but newspaper and store owner Sam Brannon caught wind of the discovery. He walked up and down the streets of San Francisco with a small vial of gold telling people he had found it in the American River. By the end of 1849, less than…

Deep sea mining is a fairly new issue within the scientific community only being utilized in mineral collecting for the past two decades (Theil). Although this action is fairly new, it still can have devastating effects on ecosystems, especially the seafloor. “Because of the high demand for minerals and metals for making technological items, this new way of mining has gathered a lot of attention in the last five years. Three forms of deep-sea mineral resources have been considered thus far for…

Appalachia is a ticking time bomb! This is because the coal mining industry is on a constant downfall. The failing coal mine industry has brought about many new ideas to try and improve the economy. In the past the Appalachia was a very thriving economy it is like our modern-day Atlanta. Every and anyone need or used coal in some way shape or form. This kept all of the people in Appalachia having a job. But as the time went on the use for coal has dropped. People are reverting to alternate…

Both in present times til this very day ,the mining of coal has been a dangerous but much needed job to have in the United States. Without coal , a lot of things wouldn't be possible because coal is the main reason something works. Thus in order to get the coal , miners have to dig for it and extract it from the ground. The workers have to use big machines to dig through the layers of topsoil and overburden to the layer of topsoil. When they've gotten down to the coal,and are done working on…

Mining application according to Wikipedia is defined as a computer science that discovers patterns in large data set by intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics, and database system. Kob and Tan defined data mining as the process of finding previously unknown patterns and trends in database and using that information to build predictive models. Hian Chye Kob and Gerald Tan stated in their article, Data Mining Applications in Healthcare, “In…

when many of the major coal companies want to fight against miners appealing for benefits and other things that ultimately help these companies save money. The Jackson Kelly law firm is the go-to firm because of their amazing winning percentage in mining law, however the main reason for…

and exploited by early Anglo-Americans for its rich potential. Its here in Mining California: An Ecological History by Andrew Isenberg, do we see just how settlers attempted to control the Californian landscape. Isenberg states how the settlers, “positioned to profit from the exploitation of nature” (p.57)[1] Not only just that Isenberg takes us through the environmental…

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